This collection seeks to draw together the latest empirical, conceptual and normative research on democracy and political change to spotlight the current strengths and weaknesses of our core democratic institutions, organizations and participatory practices. How durable and robust are they? Are we on the precipice of a new democratic crisis and a move toward more authoritarian modes of rule? Or is democracy simply ‘shape shifting’ into a new, digitally enhanced form with new ideological fault lines and alternative forms of representation?
Supporting the dissemination of all Horizon funded research outputs on democracy as openly, transparently and quickly as possible, this collection accepts a range of article types offered by Open Research Europe - research articles, reviews, case studies, data notes, method articles, essays, software tools, and more.
Potential topics include but are not limited to:
- Models of Democracy
- Political Trust
- The Growth of Populist politics
- ‘Infowars’ Democratic Security and Subversion
- Political Extremism and Polarisation
- Party change and party democracy
- Protest movements and social activism
- The Impact of Global Pandemic on democratic societies
- Media Fragmentation
- Social Media and the rise of platform politics
- Electoral System Integrity
- Inequality and democracy